Gippsland labelled an earthquake hotspot

An updated map from Geoscience Australia this week puts central and south Gippsland in one of Australia's earthquake hotspots.

Earlier this year, buildings were damaged by a magnitude 5.4 earthquake near Moe.

The map outlines areas at risk of ground shake caused by earthquakes.

Dr Mark Leonard from Geoscience Australia says more measuring equipment was installed near Moe after this year's quake.

"You get an earthquake and then you'll have a lot of earthquakes on the following days and weeks and then gradually over time it gets lower and lower and that's sort of the pattern we're seeing there," he said.

"We still might be expecting above-average numbers of small earthquakes for weeks and months to come yet."